On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 01:44:02PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Freitag 03 August 2007 schrieb Matthew Garrett:
> > It's certainly possible to do that, but it's also possible to have a
> > userspace solution that whitelists devices. The question is whether the
> > default kernel behaviour should be "Save power, but potentially break
> > some of my devices" or "Don't break my devices, but use some more
> > powre".
>
> If both options have drawbacks, IMHO we follow the standard, which
> says that devices must support suspension.
Except that lots of hardware doesn't follow the standard in this
respect, otherwise we wouldn't be having this discussion. Personally, I
think "Will break an unknown number of devices" is a significantly
larger drawback than "Will consume a small quantity of additional
power".
--
Matthew Garrett | [email protected]
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